US still deciding on conditions to sign minerals deal, Ukrainian official says


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  • Friday, 14 Mar 2025

FILE PHOTO: Environmental experts of CDM Engineering Ukraine, Yuliia Zazerina and Alina Tatarchuk, test the groundwater level at the Polokhivske lithium deposit that will be developed by Ukrlithium Mining in the Malovyskivsky district of Ukraine’s Kirovograd region, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Friday that the United States was still deciding on the terms required to sign the minerals deal with Kyiv.

"The agreement is ready. There are no changes in the text," Stefanishyna told the media. "The American side has not decided yet on the terms on which they want to sign it. Ukraine is ready to sign."

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Olena Harmash; Editing by Alison Williams)

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